Category
Food security, reservations, cash transfers and protection schemes.
| Party | Points per year | Total points | Range (total) | Actions scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | +1.49 | +3.5 | +3.0 to +4.0 | 1 Low data |
| BJP | +0.88 | +13.4 | +12.1 to +14.6 | 2 |
| INC | +0.23 | +12.0 | +10.4 to +13.6 | 1 Low data |
Parties with under 2 years in power are left out because a per-year figure over so short a time swings widely; their entries are listed below.
Low data: fewer than 2 scored actions credited to the party in this category.
Entries in this category by the party that led the government responsible. Zero is shown so gaps are visible.
No dossiers are published in this category yet. Dossiers are unscored fact files; they carry no party points.
Free grain for National Food Security Act beneficiaries, begun in April 2020 as COVID-19 relief; from January 2024 free for five years for about 81.35 crore people, at an estimated Rs 11.80 lakh crore.
Evidence points +9.5 (range +9.0 to +10.0)
A 2019 constitutional amendment allows up to 10% reservation in education and public jobs for economically weaker sections outside SC, ST and OBC categories. The Supreme Court upheld it 3-2 in November 2022.
Evidence points +6.0 (range +5.0 to +7.0)
2013 law giving a legal entitlement to subsidised grain for up to 75% of rural and 50% of urban people (about 81 crore people on 2011 Census numbers), with 5 kg per person monthly and 35 kg for Antyodaya households.
Evidence points +15.0 (range +13.0 to +17.0)
From June 1997 subsidised grain in the public distribution system was targeted at poor (BPL) households with separate prices for others; a 2005 evaluation found about 58% of central-pool grain did not reach BPL families.
Evidence points +2.5 (range +1.0 to +4.0)
A 13 August 1990 office memorandum reserved 27% of central civil vacancies for Other Backward Classes. The Supreme Court upheld it in 1992 with a creamy-layer exclusion and a 50% overall limit.
Evidence points +14.0 (range +12.0 to +16.0)